Define cloud computing. Go ahead. Do it. Now turn to the person next to you. Ask them to define it. That definition is a lot different than yours, isn’t it? One problem solution providers face as they ...

In our last newsletter we pointed out how some industry purists believe that the phrase private cloud computing is an oxymoron – that cloud computing by definition implies the use of services provided ...

Perhaps the biggest story about cloud computing in 2009 was cloud computing itself. Even as some pundits continued to debate the definition of cloud computing, virtually every IT hardware, software ...

On-demand self-service in cloud computing flips that whole process on its head. It means you can grab the computing resources you need, like servers or storage, whenever you need them, all by yourself ...

The World Meteorological Organization's (WMO) recognizes ten basic cloud types. Ranging from cirrus to nimbostratus to our favorite here in gray and rainy Oregon, plain ol' stratus, these clouds come ...

Cloud is flexible. Because of this core reality, a second truism also comes to light i.e. there is no R in cloud, except there is. Because the cloud computing model of Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) ...

Cloud computing has been at the forefront of government IT strategies for many years. When cloud computing first became a thing in 2008, the government led the way, including NIST creating a ...